British rapist jaile for 4 years - 20 year age difference aggravates his sentence

Rapist Robert Kent has been jailed for four years after forcing himself on a woman nearly 20 years his senior.

Prosecutor Timothy Pole told Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court yesterday that Kent, aged 27, of Moffat Grove, Bentilee, began to kiss the woman on the lips.He said: "She told him to stop it and fell. He went towards her again. She attempted to move out the way without success."The struggle moved into the bedroom. He grabbed hold of her. She felt overpowered by him and tried to fight and push him off."

But Kent raped her and told her not to tell anyone before leaving.He denied any sexual contact with the woman when arrested but pleaded guilty to rape at an earlier hearing.Judge David Pugsley said the woman being significantly older was an aggravating feature.He told Kent: "Rape is an horrific offence."Two hundred and eighty-four days Kent has spent on remand will count towards his sentence.He will be on the sex offenders' register for life.